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IVILLIAM G. ALDERTON, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK.

NECKTlE-BAND RETAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,846, dated May 26, 1885.

Application filed March 6, 1885. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM G. ALBER- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Band Retainers, ot'. which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for retaining necktie-bands in position; and it consists in a necktieband retainer having a closed or nearlyclosedloop,for the reception of the necktie-band, and a clamp which catches over the lower edges of the collar, whereby the necktie-band is prevented from slipping over the top ofthe collar, while at the saine time the band is not rigidly held7 but can be slid in the said loops after the necktie is put on, so that the necktie can be subsequently adjusted.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a perspective view of my improved necktie-retainer. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section showing my device applied to a necktie-band and collar. Fig. 3 is an elevation ofthe same. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modification.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A designates my necktie-band retainer. B, Figs. 2 and 3, is the necktie-band, and C is the collar, which is buttoned at the front and back to the shirtband in the usual manner, said shirt-band being omitted in the drawings.

The retainer A is formed of a flat strip of metal, Celluloid, or other material possessing the elasticity or spring suitable for the purp use, and said strip is bent at a to form the clamp b, and at c and d to form the loop e, which loop may bc left partly open, Fig. l, or it may be closed, as in the modification shown in Fig. 4.

rllhe clamp bis adapted to catch over the lower edge or band of the collar, and is rmly held in position by the elasticity of the material from which it is made; and the necktieband is slipped through the loop e, Figs. 8 and 4, whereby it is prevented from rising above the top of the collar.

The form ofthe retainer shown in Fig. 1 is best adapted for such scarfs which are tied by the person, and in which the scarf is very wide or thick, making it diilicult to slip the same through the loop e, when itis closed, as shown in Fig. 2, while the band, being comparatively narrow or the usual width, can be slipped through the opening left in theloop, as shown in Fig. 1.

It will be noticed from the above description that the necktie-band is not in any manner rigidly secured to the loop e, but that it can be moved longitudinally-that is to Say, around the collar after the necktie is put on, or, in other words, the necktie can be adjusted in position after the band is slipped through the loop.

I am aware that a necktie-retainer has been made by slitting a piece of metal and bending the same to form two spring-arms for clamping the collar and a central spring-tongue for holding the tie, as in Patent No. 167,300. Such, therefore, I do not claim.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A necktie-retainer consisting of a strip of elastic material having one end bent around and outward to form the clamp b, for receiving the lower edge of a collar, and having its opposite end bent around in a direction toward the other bent end to formthe loop c, for loosely receiving the tie, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM c.- Annnnron. {Le} Vitnesses:

W. HAUFF,

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